“Overall, I’m frankly blown away by Itras By. If you like Gormenghast, Twin Peaks, Kafka, Mieville or even Roald Dahl, you will find something to intrigue you.”—Andrew Peregrine, Review on rpg.net

The city is the dream the Goddess abandoned.

At first glance, the city appears like a scene from a faded sepia photography. An image of early modernity. Trams, hats, the first automobiles, black-white silent movies. Beneath this veneer, however, we hear the unpredictable murmurs of our collective subconscious. The monsters in our own basements.

“Weird in the best way, Itras By comes with a mind-boggling setting just bursting with challenging situations and a genuinely new approach to game play. A big part of what makes this ambitious game work is the deck of cards that drive play.”—Jason Morningstar in Itras By: The Menagerie

Itras By is a table-top roleplaying game featuring a deceptively simple method. It caters effectively to improvisation, freeform and immersive play. The cards included teach the playstyle, and support the players in coming up with challenges and twists. Itras By is anarchic, but GMed. Chaotic, yet concrete.

None of them. It's more like bee than buy though. They pronounce it in the Norwegian Itras by teaser trailer. Warning, it contains a clip here where a cow eye is getting cut which is really gross https://youtu.be/wwCequ9rKdc?t=42s

Kalle BDecember 20, 2017 12:55 pm UTC

In the Scandinavian languages, the letter 'y' is used to write the high front rounded vowel, which doesn't exist in English. Ee as in "bee" is the closest approximation, though.

Leticia SMay 08, 2017 12:11 am UTC

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Does the book come with the cards or do I have to order those separately? The note at the bottom says a "complete" set of cards are available to purchase somewhere else so does this come with an incomplete set? I'm confused.

Ole Peder Giæver CJuly 20, 2017 4:54 pm UTC

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Hi Leticia!

The cards included in the book can be downloaded here: http://www.vagrantworkshop.com/files/itras_by_chance_cards.pdf

Awesome and open-ended story-game. The core mechanics are more like Fiasco than Dungeons & Dragons, with cards used to help decide an occasional outcome or mix things up. Enough people have described the beauty of the game, so I'll leave off on the [...]

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A beautiful book, and a very dreamy setting as well. Get it, if only to impress fellow gamers with a charming alternative to more crunchy games. Itras By values the creative freedom of its players and shares many great hints for those interested to imp [...]

"Itras By" is evocative and surreal while still providing a framework to keep the group on the same page regarding the setting. An innovative idea in the game codifies the "make it your own" concept of setting design by assigning [...]

Itras by has the most unique setting I've encountered in RPGs. Not only is it a great game in itself, but there are lots of great advice for any RPG here. The layout and artwork is even better in this edition. [...]

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